Articles of Interest

Arts Education Partnership Articles

A list of publication by the Arts Education Partnership, many of which are found online as pdfs or can be purchased as well.

Education Commission of the States Arts Education Resource Page

Including the Governer's Commission Report and other resourses for administrators and advocates.

Keep arts in schools resource page

A list of articles and resources for parents and advocates for the arts.

National Endowment for the Arts Articles

A list of publications by the National Endowment for the Arts, which can be obtained in pdf or purchased as a hard copy.

Project Zero 

A long term project at Harvard with muliple reseach projects aimed at understanding and enhancing learning, thinking, and creativity.

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

Book Tackles Old Debate: Role of Art in Schools by Robin Pogrebin August 4, 2007

The publishers of a convtroversial study publish a book defending their controverstial thesis and defending arts education should be taught of its own merits and not because it raises test scores.

Teaching's an Art in Challenging Times by Mike Leidemann Honolulu Advisor May 21, 2007

An article highlighting an elementary school focusing on intergrating the arts.

Stronger, Faster, Smarter by Mary Carmichael Newsweek March 26, 2007

Investigating the link between exercise and intelligence-- the dumb jock stereotype might not be as plausible as it seems.

The Trouble With Boys by Peg Tyre Newsweek Jan. 30, 2006

This articles investigates the various problems facing boys in the current school system.

 

Research Publications

Fine Arts Research Brief from www.principalspartnership.com

A research brief exploring the benefits of a fine arts education.

What Can Education Learn from the Arts about the Practice of Education? Elliot W. Eisner International Journal of Education & the Arts, 5(4). October 14, 2004. http://ijea.asu.edu/v5n4/
An article by Elliot Eisner, one of the researcher in education. Downloaded as a .pdf.

Opportunities to Learn in America's Elementary Classrooms. Robert C. Pianta, Jay Belsky, Renate Houts, Fred Morrison. Science 30 March 2007: Vol. 315. no. 5820, pp. 1795 - 1796. 

   A study following more than 1000 American children enrolled in more than 2500 classrooms measuring the quality of the lessons they received. It found that despite the increased focus on proper accreditation most students to not recieve consistant high quality education from year to year.